Hello Everyone,
I was going through GSoc ideas for 2010 on Wikimedia and I am really
interested in Maps idea (
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/GSoC#Services_and_other_outside_technology). I
am writing this mail to show my interest in this project idea.
I have worked with maps earlier also and also I was one of the members of
Forum Nokia Developer Advisory Council for Nokia Maps Player. The Forum
Nokia Developer Advisory Council is a way to engage distinguished developers
early on in the development of Nokia products and materials. It enables
selected developers to incorporate their insights and feedback into
materials and products before they are released publicly.
I have adequate experience on working towards software development and
currently doing my master's at Arizona State university, USA in computer
science department.
I was especially interested in mapping of tourist places to maps. What I
mean is that lets say there is a sentence "Eiffel tower is in Paris", when
you bring your mouse on Eiffel tower text written in this sentence, a map
pops up which displays Eiffel tower in Paris, the focus of map on Eiffel
tower. This will be interesting as then user wouldn't need to browse away
from page just to look up a map where she/he can find Eiffel tower location
in Paris.
If this project idea seems good, I can surely work towards it. At the moment
I am looking for someone who can mentor me regarding this project.
Hoping to hear some positive reply.
Regards,
Shubhendra Singh